Racing News

Mugatu Back on Grass for $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby

08/01/2024

1 1/8-Mile Stakes One of Two Scheduled for Laurel Turf

BALTIMORE – At one point or another this spring, Average Joe Racing Stables, Ltd. and Dan Wells’ Mugatu faced all three Triple Crown race winners, two of them coming in his last trip to Maryland for the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1).

Eighth in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, Mugatu will be up against a different class of horses on a surface he hasn’t tried in more than seven months in Sunday’s $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby for 3-year-olds at Laurel Park.

Belle of Rights Chasing Stakes Win in $100,000 Searching

08/01/2024

First of Three $100,000 Stakes on Laurel’s Sunday Program

BALTIMORE – Emory Hamilton’s homebred Belle of Rights, alternating wins and seconds through four starts since graduating on debut in mid-February, can continue that pattern and become a stakes winner in the process in Sunday’s $100,000 Searching at Laurel Park.

G2 Winner Affirmative Lady to Return in Caesar’s Wish

07/31/2024

 

Second of Three $100,000 Stakes on Sunday, Aug. 4 Program

BALTIMORE – Mo Speed Racing’s Grade 2 winner Affirmative Lady, unraced since finishing 11th in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) last spring, is set to make her highly anticipated return to competition for new connections in Sunday’s $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at Laurel Park.

Dean ‘Delivers’ Again in $150,000 De Francis Dash

07/28/2024

G3 Winner Apple Picker Gets Back on Track in Alma North
Frosted Departure Goes the Distance in Deputed Testamony

BALTIMORE – Stonehedge homebred Dean Delivers capped a successful and emotional day for his connections, leading all the way around and repelling a late bid from 40-1 longshot Five Dreams to register a three-quarter-length triumph in Sunday’s listed $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash.

Sunny Breeze Stays Perfect with $100,000 Concern Win

07/28/2024

Florida Homebred 3-Year-Old Captures Stakes Debut Sunday

BALTIMORE – Stonehedge homebred Sunny Breeze, a front-running winner of his first two career starts, switched tactics and came from off the pace to keep his perfect record intact with a head victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Concern at Laurel Park.

Russell Chasing Elusive De Francis Dash with Prince of Jericho

07/27/2024

Six-Furlong Sprint Marks Comeback for Champion Seven’s Eleven
Summer Meet Leader Jaime Rodriguez Rides Three Winners Saturday

BALTIMORE – Since going out on her own in 2018 trainer Brittany Russell has seen her operation grow every year, reaching career highs of 687 starts, 177 wins and $7.99 million in purse earnings in 2023.

Auto Glide Tests Streak in $100,000 Deputed Testamony

07/26/2024

De Francis Dash Tops Four Sunday Stakes Worth $450,000
Quartet of Graded Winners Among Aug. 4 Caesar’s Wish Noms

BALTIMORE – Greg Compton, Mark Dean and Mike Cohea’s Auto Glide, riding a four-race win streak, chases a second consecutive stakes victory Sunday when he makes his Maryland debut in the $100,000 Deputed Testamony at Laurel Park.

Play Harder Looking to Extend Streak in $100,000 Concern

07/25/2024

G3 Winner Apple Picker Back Home for $100,000 Alma North
De Francis Dash Tops Four Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses

BALTIMORE – Rising Sun Racing Stables, Inc.’s Play Harder, promoted to a stakes victory that extended his win streak to three races last time out, looks to make it four in a row against familiar foe Celtic Contender and a quartet of shippers in Sunday’s $100,000 Concern at Laurel Park.

G1 Winner Sibelius Headlines $150,000 De Francis Dash

07/24/2024

Eight Stakes Winners, Three Graded, Among Loaded Field of 10
Six-Furlong Sprint Tops Four Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purse

BALTIMORE – Jun Park and Delia Nash’s millionaire gelding Sibelius, who made his race debut in Maryland nearly 3 ½ years ago, looks to regain his winning form when he returns to Laurel Park Sunday for a highly competitive edition of the listed $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash.

Sparkle Blue Repeat Winner of $100,000 Big Dreyfus

07/21/2024

Miss Harriett Goes the Distance in $75,000 Miss Disco
Laurel Summer Meet Resumes with Eight-Race Program Friday

BALTIMORE – Augustin Stable and Catherine Parke’s Sparkle Blue, exiting four consecutive graded-stakes, put her class on display by powering through the stretch and turning back stubborn longshot Cut From Class to win Sunday’s $100,000 Big Dreyfus at Laurel Park for the second consecutive year.